The virtual Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competence: the impact and challenges of a digitised final examination. (April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chu, Kenny; Sathanandan, Shivanthi
• Is Part Of: BJPsych bulletin. Volume 47:Number 2(2023)
• Page Start: 110
• Page End: 115
• Publication Date: 2023-04
• Subjects: Education and training -- information technologies -- Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competence -- fairness -- trainee experience; Psychiatry -- Periodicals; Psychiatry -- Great Britain -- Periodicals; 616.8905
• DOI: 10.1192/bjb.2021.112
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2056-4694

Abstract

Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic has affected how clinical examinations are conducted, resulting in the Royal College of Psychiatrists delivering the Clinical Assessment of Skills and Competence virtually. Although this pragmatic step has allowed for progression of training, it has come at the cost of a significantly altered examination experience. This article aims to explore the fairness of such an examination, the difference in trainee experience, and the use of telemedicine to consider what might be lost as well as gained at a time when medical education and delivery of healthcare are moving toward the digitised frontier.